Gentileschi, Palladio revealed in weekend openings

01/12/2016

Lorenzo Lotto in Bergamo and Franz Joseph I in Trieste

Rome, December 1 - Four cities will feature
exhibition openings this weekend, starting in Rome and working
upwards toward the northern reaches of Bergamo, Vicenza and
Trieste.
In Rome, Palazzo Braschi hosts the unique talent of Baroque
painter Artemisia Gentileschi; architect Andrea Palladio is
revealed in a show in Vicenza; a rediscovered work designed by
Lorenzo Lotto goes on display in Bergamo; and in Trieste, a show
marking the 100th anniversary of the death of Franz Joseph I of
Austria.
ROME - In the show at Palazzo Braschi-Museum of Rome
(November 30-May 7), Artemisia Gentileschi's gift for painting,
rather than her tormented personal life, is highlighted as a
symbol of the feminine capable of standing her own in the
masculine world that surrounded her. Gentileschi's works -
including her masterpieces Judith Slaying Holofernes (on loan
from the Capodimonte Museum in Naples) and Esther before
Ahasuerus (on loan from the Met Museum in New York) - are
displayed alongside paintings by her father Orazio as well as
other 17th-century masters such as Vouet, Guido Cagnacci,
Baglione and Ribera.
VICENZA - The great Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio is
known for not wanting to leave any trace of himself or his
appearance for posterity, but in the exhibition 'Palladio: The
Mystery of the Face', which opens Saturday, December 3 and runs
through June 4 at the Palladio Museum, rare 18th-century
portraits go on display along with more recent discoveries. One
is a recently-acquired Neoclassical bust commissioned by Canova.
BERGAMO - Also opening on December 3 (through February 26) is
an exhibition at the Accademia Carrara featuring a newly
rediscovered masterpiece by 16th-century artist Lorenzo Lotto:
an intarsia panel from 1523 designed by Lotto depicting the
Creation from the city's Luogo Pio Colleoni Museum.
TRIESTE - The exhibition at the Miramare Castle Museum
(November 30-March 5) marks the 100th anniversary of the death
of Franz Joseph I of Austria, highlighting his travels to
Miramare Castle, which was commissioned as a family residence by
his younger brother the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian of
Hapsburg.